----- Original Message ----- I have no objection to literacy. None whatsoever.
I have objections to the arrogance of the literate and the torture of children.
Carrol ----------------
We're agreed there. But I mentioned the article not to criticize you, but because it described how Europeans preferred to construct the Orient out of texts rather than out of reality.
Joanna
-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of 123hop at comcast.net Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 9:08 PM To: lbo-talk Subject: [lbo-talk] Texts and the veil...
An interesting footnote to Carrol's objection to literacy.
http://www.juancole.com/2012/02/lyons-islam-women-and-the-west.html
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